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TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION

DIVISION 46

ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSES

584-046-0003

Administrative Licensure Under Superseded Standards

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant may be granted a Basic Administrative License with basic administrator or basic superintendent endorsement, issued for two years plus time to the applicant's next birth date and renewable under OAR 584-048.

(2) The applicant must have originally enrolled in a basic administrator or basic superintendent education program under standards established prior to January 1, 1998.

(3) It must be the judgment of the commission that the applicant will be subject to hardship if issued a 21st century initial license instead of a basic license. If the initial license is judged preferable, the applicant will not be required to add course work to the basic program, although institutions may make appropriate substitutions for partial updating.

(5) Applicants from out of state, or applicants who have completed an Oregon administrator preparation program subsequent to January 1, 1999, and have not been licensed in Oregon as an administrator by January 1, 2008, are not eligible for any license under this division of rules.

(3) Have completed five quarter hours of supervised practicum or internship in an administrative role. One year of full-time successful administrative experience in public schools or regionally accredited private schools on a valid state license is substituted for the practicum or internship required under this subsection .

(4) Verify three years of full-time successful public school or regionally accredited private school teaching experience.

(a) Development, evaluation, and improvement of educational programs to meet school district objectives;

(b) Establishing and implementing personnel policies to insure the continuing effectiveness of personnel;

(c) Negotiation and administration;

(d) Oregon school law;

(e) Planning, preparation, and management of school district budgets; and

(f) School, board, and community relations.

(3) Have completed six quarter hours of supervised practicum or internship in an administrative role. One year of full-time successful administrative experience in public schools or regionally accredited private schools on a valid state license is substituted for the practicum or internship required under this subsection.

(1) Submit an application in the form and manner required by the commission;

(2) Provide verification of three years of successful administrative experience in Oregon schools while holding a Basic Administrative License or a Five-Year Administrative License. Experience of superintendents may only be verified by the district's deputy clerk, personnel officer, or board chairperson;

(3) Provide either official transcripts together with verification of completion of an approved Standard Administrative License program, or official transcripts verifying completion of administrator preparation in addition to the master's degree as required by OAR 584-046-0021 or 584-046-0024 at an approved teacher education institution in another state;

(a) Applicants who have completed a master's degree plus at least 12 quarter hours of graduate preparation beyond requirements for the initial administrative license through an approved institution in another state prior to their first application in Oregon are evaluated for the standard license by TSPC. These applicants are advised by TSPC of the remaining requirements for the Standard Administrative License when the basic license is issued. A Preparation for Teaching Report, Form C-2, is not required for issuance of the Standard Administrative License for these applicants.

(b) An applicant bears the burden of proving that he or she has met licensure requirements. The applicant must present evidence that the courses taken covered the required subject matter. In some cases, a transcript showing the course title will suffice; where the course title is not descriptive of course content, the applicant should present a syllabus or other description of course content in addition to the transcript.

(4) Present evidence of knowledge of the laws prohibiting discrimination, if not previously verified;

(5) Submit the fee and late fees if appropriate as indicated in OAR 584-036-0055;

(6) Provide verification of recent educational experience; and

(7) Verify completion of the academic preparation for one of the standard endorsements outlined in OAR 584-046-0021 or 584-046-0024.

(1) Eighteen quarter hours of graduate preparation, in addition to requirements for the basic administrator endorsement specified in OAR 584-046-0016, designed to strengthen the applicant's background in school administration, to include:

(a) The teaching-learning process;

(b) Curriculum development and implementation;

(c) School-community relationships;

(d) Research, evaluation, and goal setting; and

(e) Communications.

(2) All of the basic and standard administrator endorsement program must be completed in addition to earning the master's degree.

(1) Twenty-four quarter hours of graduate preparation, in addition to requirements for the basic superintendent endorsement specified in OAR 584-046-0019, designed to strengthen the applicant's background in school administration, to include:

(a) The teaching-learning process;

(b) Planning and maintaining school facilities;

(c) Policy development and implementation;

(d) Research, evaluation, and goal setting; and

(e) Communications.

(2) All of the basic and standard superintendent endorsement program must be completed in addition to earning the master's degree.

(1)(a) The Basic Administrative License with the administrator endorsement may be renewed twice for a period of two years each time, on the recommendation of an institution offering an approved program for preparation of administrators. The recommendation shall be contingent upon completion of nine quarter or six semester hours applicable to a Standard Administrative License.

(b) The additional preparation must be completed subsequent to issuance of the current license unless completion of the academic requirements for the Standard Administrative License has been verified prior to application for renewal of the Basic Administrative License.

(c) Use of the license is limited to serving as a vice principal.

(2) Upon assuming a principal position, the educator must hold a basic or standard administrator endorsement.

(3)(a) The Basic Administrative License with the superintendent endorsement may be renewed twice, for a period of two years each time, on the recommendation of an institution offering an approved preparation program for superintendents.

(b) The recommendation shall be contingent upon satisfactory completion of 12 quarter or 8 semester hours of the program applicable to a Standard Administrative or Continuing Administrator License. The additional preparation must be completed subsequent to issuance of the current license.

(4) A Basic Administrative License may be renewed upon verification of continuing professional development pursuant to 584-90.

(1) An applicant who meets all requirements for the Standard Administrative License except the requirement of three years of experience in Oregon schools will be granted a fourth Basic Administrative License without further preparation.

(2) A Standard Administrative License may be renewed for five years upon verification of continuing professional development pursuant to 584-90.

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